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Tingley Beach
Enjoy fishing, boating, picnics and hiking just minutes from downtown Albuquerque near the Rio Grande.
Located adjacent to the Rio Grande Bosque, Tingley Beach consists of three fishing ponds that are open to the public, free of charge. All anglers are required to have a New Mexico fishing license. You can purchase a fishing license here. Game and Fish representatives and/or ABQ BioPark Security will be monitoring for license compliance.
Tingley Beach also offers wildlife watching, paths for running and walking, and boating opportunities.
Please be respectful of other users, the environment and waterfowl by observing Tingley Beach rules and regulations.
Anglers ages 12+ need a valid NM fishing license. Admission to the ponds is free.
- Fish from dawn to dusk!
- Read the latest fishing report
- Central Pond
- Catch & Release Pond
- Children's Pond
Explore, Boat, Relax
Pack a picnic and enjoy the outdoors.
Upcoming Events
Visit the ABQ BioPark Calendar
Latest BioPark News
For the Love of the Bugs
New Botanic Garden BUGarium curator brings a passion for arthropods to his work.
5 Fast Facts About Komodo Dragons
Test your dragon knowledge.
Breaking Through
ABQ BioPark's third trip to the Abidjan Zoo highlights advancements in the multi-national partnership.
ABQ BioPark Gives Thanks
From new babies to conservation, the BioPark has a lot to be thankful for this year.
ABQ BioPark's Crocodiles (and Gators) Rock!
Learn more about the Zoo's four crocodilian species.
Step into the Past
The Botanic Garden's Heritage Farm Gives Visitors a Chance to Experience the Almost-Lost Art of Heritage Farming.
Coming into their Own
The ABQ BioPark Zoo's male elephants Albert and Samson are growing up.
Below the Surface
ABQ BioPark water quality crew dives to keep animals—and their living environment—healthy.
Shining Stars
ABQ BioPark's Animal Encounters Show lets animals display their natural behaviors, gives them a second chance.
A Special Gorilla
The ABQ BioPark Zoo's "little orphan" gorilla has come full circle as she enters her senior years.
BioPark Blitz
Make the most of the zoo by hitting up afternoon feedings one by one—here's the most efficient way for you to get it all in.
Adorable Swimming Animals at the Zoo
It's hot outside, but the ABQ BioPark Zoo's residents know how to keep it cool for the summer.
BioPark Experience: Children's Fantasy Garden
Encounter dragons and more in this larger-than-life garden.
Small, brown and magical
ABQ BioPark looking to breed little-known mountaintop dwelling salamanders
Like a Rock
Howler monkey father offers patience and protection to his small family
Jasmine's World
Mexican gray wolf spends her golden years at the ABQ BioPark
Happy Mother's Day to our Zoo Moms!
The ABQ BioPark Zoo has some fantastic mothers. Check out what these Zoo mothers are doing to prepare their young ones to become adults.
ABQ BioPark Zoo's Fastest Animals
These animals can easily outrun even the fastest Run for the Zoo competitors.
Garden Veteran
Long-time gardener, Vietnam vet finds solace by helping keep the Botanic Garden healthy and green
Master of Disguise
It's a branch…it's an owl…no, it's a tawny frogmouth!
Great Gorillas
BioPark's gorillas include orphans, surrogate moms, adolescents trying to "figure it out"
Zoo "Spinning" with Excitement over New Attraction
Endangered species carousel to open this Friday
Year of the Wolf
After a decade-long breeding hiatus, more Mexican wolf pups may be in the future for the ABQ BioPark.
How to Train your Seal (or Sea Lion)
Bond, consistency and patience critical when working with these intelligent, curious ocean mammals.
Plunging in with Koluk and Kiska
A day in the life of a polar bear keeper
Love is for the birds
Two Valentine's Day stories of avian romance at the ABQ BioPark
Looking for Love
The ABQ BioPark has a number of animals that are getting cozy to help save their species.
Fowl Friends
Why is an African crane species being bred at the ABQ BioPark? And why is she such good friends with a domestic hen?
Crocodiles, chimps and progress
ABQ BioPark's partnership with West African zoo continues to build
Don't Hibernate this Winter
Five reasons wintertime is a great time to visit the ABQ BioPark.


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Wisconsin Wildlife Rehabilitator's Association
Dedicated to promoting communication, education, and professionalism in
the field of wildlife rehabilitation.
What is WWRA?
The Wisconsin Wildlife Rehabilitator's Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping Wisconsin's wildlife by promoting communication, education, and professionalism in the field of wildlife rehabilitation.
Membership benefits
*WWRA Directory – a valuable listing of wildlife rehabilitators and others interested in
*Discounts – Receive discounts on WWRA conferences and seminars.
*WWRA Board – contact the experienced wildlife rehabilitators on the WWRA Board of directors for rehabilitation advice or referral.
Visit these websites for more educational opportunities!
WWRA Conference
February 17, 2018
Bay Beach
Wildlife Sanctuary
Green Bay WI
100+ attendees!
Watch for posting of sessions coming soon!
IWRC Basic Wildlife Rehabilitation Course
February 15-16, 2018
30 attendees!
The Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary is a beautiful 600 acre urban wildlife refuge featuring live animal exhibits, educational displays, miles of hiking/skiing trails and various wildlife viewing opportunities. It is the largest park in the Green Bay Park system and home to the second largest wildlife rehabilitation program in Wisconsin, caring for more than 4,500 orphaned and injured animals annually.
The Sanctuary attracts hundreds of thousands of bird watchers, families and other visitors from across the USA and many foreign countries each year. They come to explore and discover nature while learning the importance of preserving natural landscapes.
First established in 1936 as a site for waterfowl rehabilitation, the Sanctuary has grown to offer environmental education programs to over 10,000 students, nature walks, urban fishing, summer camps, cross country skiing and much more.

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Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP)
Through the joint efforts of Community Careers Cooperative, local industry and Alberta Learning, students can become registered apprentices while they are enrolled in high school by applying for RAP. Students must be interested in becoming an apprentice in a trade that is supported in our region.
The prerequisites for RAP are: enrollment in Grade 10 or 11, on track to graduate, 65% average in enrolled courses, 98% attendance and a demonstrated interest in pursuing a career in a specific trade. Students apply in the winter of grade 10 or 11 and begin their RAP placements in the summer of that year. RAP is a two-year program wherein the student takes courses for one semester and works in their selected trade for the other semester during each of the two years.
High School Credits: Work Experience 5 Credits, Grade 11 RAP 20 Credits, Grade 12 RAP 20 credits.
For more information on this exciting program, please contact
Lynda Cachia Off Campus Coordinator at 780-799-5725 or on email at email@example.com
Get in TouchFather Mercredi High School 455 Silin Forest Rd Fort McMurray, AB, T9H 4V6 Phone: (780) 799-5725 Fax: (780) 799-5740
To report attendance General Inquiries
Ms. Lisa Miller
Vice Principals
Mrs. Kirsten McConnell
Learning Coaches
Mrs. Jamie Beaton (extension 5416)
Mrs. Trudy Finnson (extension 5512)
Classroom Support Teachers
Christa DeMerchant (extension 5413)
Jennifer O'Brien (extension 5415)
Science & Technology Centre
Mr. Tim Kilburn-Project Consultant
FNMI Aboriginal Liaisons
TrudieAnn Plamondon (extension 5477) Grade 10-12
Kayla Aikins (extension 5516) Grade 7-9


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Bling-Bling Buick
Seeking Younger Buyers, General Motors' Staid Brand Uses Customized Cars, Celebrities to Reach the Hip-Hop Crowd
The average Buick buyer is a man in his mid-60s -- not the type of consumer inclined to trick out his car with 22-inch wheels, a lowered suspension and tinted windows. So why was a Buick Lucerne with just those modifications on display at a party hosted by General Motors Corp. last weekend that also featured actress Vivica Fox, known for roles in movies like "Booty Call" and "Soul Food," and hip-hop star Jay-Z?
The answer is simple math. For 2006, sales of GM's Buick were down by almost 15% compared with 2005, according to Autodata Corp. Now, the brand is trying to expand its appeal among young, urban consumers -- deemed essential if it's going to help reverse GM's flagging fortunes and build sustainable sales.
"The idea is that the urban market sets the trend for the mainstream market," says Heather Waszczenko, Buick's national advertising manager.
With that in mind, Buick is re-examining its advertising and studying car-customization trends. So far, that has brought about the brand's first major appearance at a large car aftermarket show -- the venue for the customizers to show off their souped-up vehicles -- in Las Vegas; a pilot marketing program in Atlanta featuring billboards, Lucernes displayed outside nightclubs and radio spots; and bigger wheels for Buick models.
Buick is not alone in trying to court a younger, urban buyer. Ford Motor Co.'s Lincoln and Volvo luxury lines, and Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus are among the other automobile brands that traditionally appeal to a more mature demographic and have recently been looking for younger buyers.
Such attempts to speak to a younger and more urban audience carry risks: They could alienate the brands' longtime older customers, who remain comfortable with their car's sedate and respectable image.
And if the companies try too hard and don't have a clear idea of who they are trying to reach, they could alienate consumers of all stripes. Buick says it's too early to tell whether its new efforts will work but says more car customizers are asking for Buicks to soup up for shows and other events.
Buick first realized its brand's potential among young African-Americans early last year when Dub, an urban custom-car-culture magazine, asked for a Buick Lucerne that it could customize for events.
Around the same time, Buick's product manager for the Lucerne started hearing about "scraypers" -- or "scrapers" -- a style of customized car developed by young African-Americans in the Oakland, Calif., area. Buick models from the 1980s and '90s are popular in the genre, outfitted with wheels so big that the tires scrape the inside of the car's fender, according to some definitions of how the genre got its name.
To learn more about what Buick can do to appeal to the young, urban and mostly black men who hold so much sway over popular tastes these days, Buick hosted an "Urban Media Roundtable" in Atlanta last June, bringing together about a dozen journalists, most of them African-American, from publications from hip-hop magazine XXL to luxury lifestyle Web site eCityofStyle.com. The goal was "trying to understand the pacemakers and what they think is hot," says David Darovitz, Buick's manager of communications, as well as figure out how to market new Buicks to them.
Buick has already started implementing a number of suggestions from the gathering, but the discussion also showed the disconnect between the brand and its target audience that could hinder Buick's turnaround and possibly turn off some customers.
Ken Panton, the 42-year-old president of eCityofStyle.com and a Buick roundtable participant, said the brand's idea of "urban" -- a young black teen listening to Run DMC -- seems a bit old-fashioned.
Today, he says, "there is a new definition of urban," embracing upper-middle-class white kids wearing Lacoste shirts and Sean John jeans.
During the discussion, Marcus Amick, who writes about cars for the mostly African-American readership of the Michigan Chronicle and other publications, said Buick and its GM brethren rely too heavily on celebrities to reach younger consumers.
The discussion turned to hip-hop star Ludacris, who moonlights as a pitchman for GM's Pontiac Solstice convertible.
Kimatni Rawlins, the 33-year-old publisher of AutomotiveRhythms.com, a Web site devoted to the "urban automotive experience," piped up: "There is no way you can convince me that Ludacris is driving a Solstice."
"He definitely owns one," shot back Larry Woodard, whose urban advertising firm, Vigilante, developed the Ludacris campaign.
"He owns it because it was probably part of his sponsorship deal," countered Mr. Rawlins. (A spokesman for the entertainer confirms he owns a Solstice as part of his deal with Pontiac. )
Buick's Mr. Darovitz eventually steered the conversation back to Buick. "If there was one celebrity you would align with Buick, who would that be?" Tiger Woods, the panelists chimed in together. Some rolled their eyes.
"Tiger Woods is nice, he's a very successful golfer, but he doesn't necessarily resonate with people in the urban center," said Greg Morrison, a 57-year-old free-lance journalist formerly with the Black Family Channel.
Mr. Morrison had the impression that Buick was lumping all black and Hispanic people together in a narrow definition of urban. "We play golf, we have memberships to country clubs and nice homes," he says. Still, he gives Buick points for trying. "It's a learning curve. The best analogy I can give you is trying to teach George Bush the Bankhead bounce," referring to a hip-hop dance named for the Atlanta neighborhood where it originated.
A month after its urban roundtable, Buick hosted an "immersion day" in Atlanta, organized by Vigilante, where Buick marketing executives and dealers listened to a panel of urban-lifestyle experts from music, fashion and other industries.
One of the first tests of Buick's new strategy came in November at the Specialty Equipment Market Association show in Las Vegas, the largest car customization and accessory show in the U.S. As the hip-hop-hybrid music of violin-playing duo Nuttin' But Stringz played to the crowd, Buick lifted the veil on 11 Lucernes tricked out by 10 customizers and Rides magazine.
The cars were styled with "black cherry" paint, lowered suspensions, 22-inch wheels, souped-up sound systems, suicide doors (paired side doors that open away from each other) and alligator-leather upholstery. One of these customized vehicles is on display at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week.
"I always thought of Buick as an older name, but now they are doing what we're also doing. We're infusing two worlds -- hip-hop and classical," says Tourie Escobar, 20 years old, who, with his brother Damien, 19, constitute Nuttin' But Stringz.
As part of a pilot marketing campaign, Buick is also parking Lucerne sedans outside nightclubs, movie premieres, concerts, barber shops and other venues in Atlanta where trendsetters are known to gather. Print, bus and billboard ads in Atlanta show Lucernes with an African-American male model wearing urban-inspired fashions. Radio spots for the Lucerne air on jazz, gospel and adult contemporary stations.
Having learned that the urban set pays attention to features like wheels and grilles, the company is shooting stock photos for future car models that emphasize these features.
A press kit that will be available in May for the new Enclave crossover vehicle, which was unveiled late last fall by longtime Buick endorser Tiger Woods in Los Angeles, contains such photos that emphasize "aggressive angles" and the new 20-inch wheels available as an accessory, the largest wheels ever available from Buick.
"We have found a newfound interest in Buick among a certain community, and the Lucerne especially," says Steve Shannon, the brand's general manager. "And we think we can capitalize on it."
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